Fungi Friday - No New Mushrooms

Here's an anthology of some old finds for this #fungifriday by @ewkaw

First, here is a giant puffball with oyster mushroom eyes and a pear shaped puffball nose. I found this one a few years ago about Halloween time so I turned it into a face. Poor guy got turned into lasagne.

Almost every year I find a giant puffball. It is fun to play with your food. I turned this poor fellow into pizza crust. Simply cut them like bread then toast them and finally add the pizza toppings on the slices and bake them for a few minutes. Gluten free crust via a giant mushroom.

Here are some pristine condition peppery milk caps I found about three years ago. Their latin name is Lactifluus piperatus and these things are really spicy. They are edible but if you try to cook and eat them normally your mouth will be on fire. The best use for them is just to dehydrate and powder them then use the powder as a spice. It is very similar to black pepper and cayenne as a spice.

The long harsh winters here make me miss mushrooms so I usually grow a kit inside each year. These are some blue oysters that are just beginnibg to pin.

They ended up looking like this. A bit malformed because they didn't get enough fresh air. Too much air and they shrivel, too little and the caps don't expand.

Now for a weird one, green jelly clubs. The latin name is Leotia lubrica. Technically they are edible but bland. So far I have only found these guys once in all my years of hunting.

Here is another once only find. A white bolete, a choice edible. This is Boletus barrowsii it is really rare to find in my area.

Look at these little guys. I found them on a camping trip where I setup the tent in the dark then woke up in the morning to find these right outside the tent. Fortunately I didn't accidentally step on them while setting up. This is Tylopilus rubrobrunneus aka reddish brown bitter bolete, the cap starts out purple then ages to brown. Sadly they are really bitter and only good for pickling.

This is orange mycena. Super bright, they tend to grow in the fall on really old rotten wood.

Here they are a bit more grown up.

Finally we end with some halloween witch's butter. Bland but edible especially in a spicy witch's brew soup.

Happy #fungifriday